CONVICTIONS. VIDEO GAME FANS WERE FASCINATED BY THE MYSTERY OF ATARI, WONDERING IF THOUSANDS OF OLD GAMES WERE REALLY BURIED IN A NEW MEXICO LANDFILL. NEW TONIGHT--WE HAVE A SNEAK PEAK AT A MOVIE COMING OUT ABOUT THE LEGEND, INCLUDING THE BIG DIG IN ALAMOGORDO. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ALANA GRIMSTAD SHOWS US THE FILM. NEW MEXICO'S TRASH HAS BECOME TREASURED. AND SOMEONE'S EVEN MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT IT. The dreams of a generation buried beneath the garbage. BACK IN THE 80'S, VIDEO GAME GIANT ATARI RELEASED WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE GREATEST GAME EVER---E-T. It was bad. BUT IT WAS A RUSHED JOB AND HUGE FAILURE. One of the worst nights of my life. NOW, HERE IS YOUR FIRST LOOK AT A NEW FILM ABOUT ATARI'S LEGENDS... THE TRAILER JUST RELEASED AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON. AND WHILE NEW MEXICO IS USED TO HAVING MOVIES SHOT HERE, THIS IS AN ANGLE OF OUR STATE LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. RUMOR HAD IT THE GAMES WERE DUMPED IN A LANDFILL IN ALAMAGORDO THIRTY YEARS AGO. Useless, worthless product. How do you get rid of it? YOU BURY IT. They want some sort of tangible evidence. BACK IN APRIL, OUR CREW WAS THERE IN THE MIDST OF THE WIND AND THE TRASH, ALONG WITH FILM CREWS, FANS ...AND EVEN THE MAN WHO MADE THE GAME... So thrilled to be here. TO FIND OUT IF THE LEGEND WAS TRUE. This is a huge event in video game history and I wanted to be here to see it. AND AFTER HOURS OF DIGGING, JACKPOT -- A GAME CARTRIDGE WAS PULLED FROM THE GROUND ...FOLLOWED BY 14-HUNDRED OTHERS... SQUASHING THREE DECADES OF WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO E-T? We found an intact ET video game! The movie trailer is just wetting our appetite for the full film which is set to be released on the Xbox 360 Channel sometime this year. In Santa Fe, Alana Grimstad KOAT Action 7 News. IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THOSE GAMES... THEY'RE OWNED BY THE CITY OF ALAMOGORDO AND THE CITY COMMISSION IS STILL WORKING WITH LOCAL MUSEUMS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. THEY ARE CONSIDERING SELLING THE GAMES...BUT